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Survey reveals most people are holding onto their phones for a long time, and it makes sense (www.androidauthority.com)
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Nearly half of our readers now wait three years or more to replace their phones as spec upgrades have plateaued.

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[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

The previous three phones I replaced were because:

  • Fell off a shelf and shattered to the point of unusability
  • Stopped turning on
  • I wanted to try Graphene, but wanted a fall back if I broke something (after becoming confident Graphene would meet almost all my needs, I ended up sending the backup phone to a friend, so it didn't go to waste)